McCool Mississippi Map

About McCool, Mississippi

McCool is a locality in Attala County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 42.4 people per km². McCool is located at 33.2021°N, 89.3451°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. McCool is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39108.

McCool occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Yockanookany River carves a slow, deliberate path through the red-clay earth. It lies 34.9 miles west-southwest of Starkville, MS (from Starkville, MS: bearing 241°T), and is situated 17.2 miles northeast of Kosciusko. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, often thick with the scent of damp soil and the encroaching greenery that seems to pulse with a life of its own. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the landscape rises into subtle, verdant swells that hint at the distant presence of the Noxubee Hills, their faint blue silhouettes pressed against the horizon like a charcoal sketch. The light at dusk settles over the fields in a bruised violet hue, catching the broad, waxy leaves of vegetation that thrive in the deep, fertile loam. Just a mile away, the Yockanookany WMA provides a sanctuary where the shadows stretch long across the brush, offering a sense of seclusion that defines the character of the surrounding terrain.

McCool grew from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the soil, serving as a modest junction where the rhythms of agricultural life have long dictated the passage of the seasons. While the industry of the past relied heavily on the output of the land, the economy remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the slow, steady maintenance of the local timberlands that lead toward the expansive reaches of the Tombigbee National Forest. Life in McCool moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic speed of the wider world, favoring instead the quiet persistence of family-tended plots and the occasional passage of a freight train. Residents look toward Kemps Pond for a respite from the summer heat, finding a familiar solace in the water’s reflection of the wide, unchanging sky. There is a profound honesty in the way the local architecture wears its age, with weathered wood and brick settling into the landscape as if they were always meant to be part of the geography itself.

About This McCool Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McCool, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.202071, -89.34507. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for McCool includes the ZIP code (39108), telephone area code (601), county seat of Attala County (Kosciusko), and school district assignment (Attala County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.